Mrs. Loretta Mack - Lake Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Public Viewing for Mrs. Loretta Mack - Lake will be Thursday, February 11, 2021 from 12:00 Noon until 5:00 P.M. and Friday, February 12, 2021 from 9:00 A.M. until 12:45 P.M. at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home - Sullivan Chapel, 2548 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, February 12, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home - Sullivan Chapel, 2548 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201. Interment will follow in The Gates of Heaven Cemetery. Please click the link below to view services for Mrs. Loretta Mack - Lake on Friday, February 12, 2021 at 12:45 P.M. https://www.facebook.com/A-A-Dicks-Funeral-Home-Sullivan-Chapel-115729839828313/ Loretta Mack Lake was called home on Sunday, the 7th of February, at her home in Columbia, South Carolina. Ms. Mack Lake was born on June 20, 1955 in Columbia SC to Juanita Mack and Gladys Mack (Mothers) and Milton Mack and Benjamin Mack (Fathers). She graduated from Eau Claire High School in 1973, and attended Barber Scotia College in Concord, North Carolina majoring in Early Childhood Education. Working in child care and health care for over 40 years, she ended her career at Quality Care Services Inc. in West Columbia. In her early years, Ms. Mack Lake was involved in The Civil Rights Movement. As the caregiver and companion of her mother, she coordinated several events including preparing her mother for a visit to the University of South Carolina when Dr. Andrew Young was the keynote speaker for an MLK celebration. It was Dr. Young who eulogized her father after he was asked to do so by Dr. King himself. She also shared her memory of being a guest, with her mother, at the funeral services of Dr. King in Atlanta. Even though her life, at an early age was directly shared and influenced by the famous men and women of the Civil Rights Era, she maintained a sweet and humble demeanor as she shared these aspects of her life with others. Her willingness to share her memories and to assist with research were instrumental in the dedication of a South Carolina historical marker, in front of the Mack homestead in October 2018. In addition to her activism and caregiving, she enjoyed spending time with her best friend of over forty years, Barbara Martin. Ms. Mack Lake was preceded in death by her parents Benjamin and Gladys Mack, her father, Milton Mack Sr., a sister Carolee Mack, brothers, Anthony and Ronald Patterson, Marvin and Miles Mack, Pinkney Roberts, Milton Mack Jr., and Richard Mack. She is survived by her beloved only son Kenyatta (Brandy) Mack, Columbia SC; two grandchildren, Emoni Howard-Taylor, Hampton, SC and Joycelyn Mack, Columbia SC; her mother, Juanita Mack, Columbia SC; two sisters, Cookie and Cheryl Mack, Columbia, SC; brothers, Michael Mack, Columbia SC, Russel Mack, Tampa, Florida, and Bryan Carn, East Orange, NJ; and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends that loved her dearly. Please leave the Mack - Lake family your condolences and prayers. The Mack - Lake family, acknowledges with grateful appreciation, all of your kind expressions of love and sympathy. Thank you for helping us care for our families. A. A. Dicks, Sr. and Staff. Like our Facebook page: A. A. Dicks Funeral Home - Sullivan Chapel Add our Facebook Friend page and leave a comment: A A Dicks FH

Mrs. Loretta Mack - Lake

June 20, 1955 - February 7, 2021